Livestock Report for South St. Paul Minnesota
South St. Paul Minnesota market report showing cattle 3000 head hogs 4500 sheep 300 and weighing cattle 200 weaners on Monday with volume across species listed for the day.
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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1981
Page
2
South St. Paul Minnesota market report showing cattle 3000 head hogs 4500 sheep 300 and weighing cattle 200 weaners on Monday with volume across species listed for the day.
Slaughter cattle and hogs prices move mixed with steady to weak trends across categories. Holstein and feeder cattle values show selective strength for light and medium weights, while sows and boars soften. Springing Holstein heifers listed at 1000 to 1300 dollars.
Market pricing lists ferrous scrap by category with ranges for sheet iron gas motors and appliances. Non ferrous items include mixed aluminum cans batteries and coin radiators and stainless with per cwt rates and ton equivalents noting variable market conditions.
Prices fell as selling slowed on the Minneapolis Grain Exchange last week while futures showed weakness. Minneapolis March wheat slipped to 4.04 while Chicago March corn rose slightly to 2.69 and January soybeans fell to 6.21. Rye weakened with wheat, oats declined due to weak mill demand, and spot prices for No 1 and No 2 oats were 3.70 and 3.65 respectively. Corn edged up to 2.28, soybeans rose to 5.97, flaxseed dropped to 7.55, and sunflowers closed down to 11. Spot crude sunflower oil inched up to 24 cents per pound while soybean meal held near 188.60.
Wisconsin eggs hold steady with Extra Large 74-79, Large 71-74, Medium 67-70. Butter grades dip in Chicago with AA at 1.47, A 1.46, B 1.45. Cheddar unchanged at 1.31 barrel and 1.35 for 40 lb blocks. Feedstuffs mixed with soymeal and sunflower meal moving.
Minneapolis and Chicago price quotes for wheat corn oats soybeans rye barley flax and sunflowers with contract types and percentages plus Dec 15 feedstuffs per ton including soybean meal linseed meal meat meal brewers dried grains and alfalfa meal prices listed for Minneapolis trade spanned across multiple grain categories and feed products.
South St. Paul buyers showed mixed cattle prices with hogs steady and sheep generally steady. Slaughter steers down up to 2 dollars on good grades, Holstein steers steady to 50 cents higher, slaughter heifers 11.50 lower, feeders steady to 1 lower. Feeder steer prices ranged 47 to 57.50, Holsteins 37.50 to 54.25, sows 32 to 33, barrows 40 to 40.50, slaughter lambs 42 to 46, and feeder lambs 40 to 48. Estimated beef carcass value 97.09 for 600–700 pounds. hide and offal value 5.62 per 100 pounds.
Wisconsin potato shipments held near last week as demand stayed light. Last week 218 000 hundredweight moved, 2 000 cwt below the prior week. Season total 6 316 400 cwt, up 5.5 percent from last year. Russets 73 percent, whites 20, round reds 5, chipping 2. Prices mostly steady with slight dips for carton russets and 10 ounce minimums.
For the week ending December 17 spot shipments of Wisconsin fluid milk fell to six loads from seven the prior week and five in the year ago week with all last week's shipments going to Indiana. On the Chicago Mercantile Exchange butter grade B dropped four cents to 1.45 percent while AA and A were unchanged. National Cheese Exchange prices were unchanged. For the week ending December 10 U S butter production reached 23.6 million pounds down 3 percent from the prior week but up 7 percent from a year ago. Cheese production at 46.4 million pounds fell 2 percent from the prior week yet rose 5 percent from a year earlier.
Monday overview of futures activity across grains and livestock. Prices for soybeans, corn, and futures on the Chicago Board of Trade show varied closes and percent changes. Open interest figures and estimated sales accompany each contract, with notes on cattle and pork belly markets and regional Minneapolis grain activity.
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